Let a resounding song soar into the sky on November 11th!

National Independence Day each year inspires collective celebration. On November 11 at 4:00 PM, the Main Hall of NFM will resonate with works of patriotic nature-ranging from the 16th-century psalm by Mikołaj Gomółka, through traditional songs of this...

New Sources for the Biography and Work of Józef Koffler

The Department of Musicology of the Institute of Art at the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN) and the Polish Composers' Union invite you to a seminar titled "New Sources for the Biography and Work of Józef Koffler," which will take place on November 19,...

Premiere performance of the "Elegy of the Insurgent" by Iwona Kisiel

On September 16, 2024, at 6:00 PM, the Stanisław Moniuszko Warsaw Society of Music - in Szuster Palace - will host the world premiere of Iwona Kisiel's latest work, the piano trio Kto umiera wolnym już... - Elegia Powstańca, dedicated to her father....

Symphony Orchestra of the Silesian Philharmonic and Jean-Marc Fessard

A virtuosic and energetic concert of the Silesian Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra conducted by Yaroslav Shemet on February 21, 2025 at 7:00 p.m. will take us to various musical worlds: from the romantic melodies of Brahms, through the virtuoso motifs...

Witold Maliszewski Composers' Competition for a chamber music work

The "Art and Passion" Foundation, in collaboration with the Polish Composers Union, is organizing the Witold Maliszewski Composers' Competition as part of the 7th Witold Maliszewski Festival in 2025. The goal of the competition is to honor the figure...

XIII edition of the Student-Doctoral Scientific Conference "Neofonia" in Poznań

On January 9, 2025, the XIII edition of the Student-Doctoral Scientific Conference "Neofonia" will take place at the Ignacy Jan Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznań. The various faces of freedom and artistic autonomy have inspired the organizers to...

'Adventure continues': Andrzej Kosendiak about the new season

How the city's musical life was transformed: Andrzej Kosendiak, the director of the National Forum of Music, talks about the educational mission and the artists who will be guests in the new season. The beginning of a new artistic season at the...

'Choir-master': premiere performances of works by Piotr Pudełko and Karola Pyka

The next concert in the series 'Choir-master' at the Silesian Philharmonic will take place on 6 April 2025 at 6 p.m. Together with the Silesian Philharmonic Choir, the Choir of the Singing Society 'Lutnia' from Strumień will perform. The artists will...

'Chopin – Alter Ego'. Arnold & Frączek Percussion Duo on the new Dux record

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC There has never been such a recording before – brillant marimba and vibraphone belcanto with a touch of glockenspiel, i.e. transcriptions and new compositions by Tomasz Arnold for percussion duo...

'Conductor – resident’ 2023/2024 season programme: call for applications

The National Institute of Music and Dance announces the call for applications for the next edition of the artistic programme ‘Conductor – resident’ for the 2023/2024 season. The deadline for submitting applications is the 31st of March 2023. The budget...

'elChopin – Preludia' – 24 Preludes Op. 28 of F. Chopin in electronic remakes

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC On the 30th of December, 2022, Bartłomiej Zajkowski's music project ‘elChopin – Preludes’ will be finalized as part of the Creative Scholarship of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage...

'Opera about Warsaw – The Best City in the World' - musical monument to the post-war builders of the capital

The Opera about Warsaw – The Best City in the World project has been launched, under which a new opera will be created for a large cast, commemorating the effort to rebuild Warsaw after World War II. The organizer of the project is Sinfonia Varsovia,...

'Opera about Warsaw' - creators' names announced

Cezary Duchnowski and Beniamin Bukowski will write an Opera about Warsaw, the best city in the world. The piece will commemorate the reconstruction of Warsaw after World War II. The organizer of the project is Sinfonia Varsovia, operating in...

'Schaeffer – Norwid. Dialogue of the worlds': online premiere

First online performance of the mulimedia poetic-music show Schaeffer – Norwid. Dialog światów (Schaeffer – Norwid. Dialogue of the worlds) will take place on the 6th of February 2022 at 8 p.m. Magdalena Piekorz is the director and screenwriter and her...

'Wanda' - premiere of music play of Radio Cracow and Polish Music Edition

On the 18th of April n Easter Monday at 19.05 p.m. premiere a premiere of music play Wanda, based on the opera by Joanna Wnuk-Nazarowa will take place. The director of the play is Anna Wieczur, and Jerzy Trela will perform the main role. Wanda is a...

'We support Ukraine' programme

The National Institute of Music and Dance is launching the We support Ukraine programme, aimed at artists who came to Poland after the 24th of February, 2022 and Polish cultural institutions that are willing to establish cooperation with them. The...

‘"Composing Commissions 2016-2017’ programme has begun

On October 8th, 2015, the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage launched the 5th edition of its Collections programme – Composing Commissions 2016-2017 priority. The programme is implemented by the Institute of Music and Dance. The Composing...

‘Dazzles and Returns’: ticket sales for the new season of NOSPR now open

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC On the 5th of September 5 at 10.00 a.m. the ticket sales for the new season 2023/2024 opens. This year's NOSPR programme ‘Dazzles and Returns’ heralds a unique season in many respects. For the...

"100 for 100. Musical Decades of Freedom" – online premieres at the PWM YouTube channel

Thanks to the PWM Edition, you can #stayathome and watch online premieres of the concerts orginised as part of the "100 for 100. Musical decades of freedom". Each concert starts with the Fanfare for the Independent Poland by Krzysztof Penderecki. To...

"4/10/100 + 1 = ∞": Jubilee World Premieres Concert for the Centenary of Polish Radio in Warsaw

To mark the centenary of Polish Radio, a unique composition project has been created, showcasing the richness and diversity of contemporary Polish music. As part of the initiative, ten new works, specially commissioned for the occasion from prominent...

"A Musical Journey to the Land of Imagination" in Wilanów

The Polish Society for Contemporary Music invites children and their parents to Wilanów for a musical storytelling event titled "A Musical Journey to the Land of Imagination", which will take place on Friday, September 12, 2025, at 6:00 PM at the...

"A Musical Journey to the Land of Imagination"- interactive school concert

The interactive concert "A Musical Journey to the Land of Imagination" will take place on September 13, 2024, at the Gustaw Morcinek Primary School No. 1 in Warsaw. Children, together with actor Grzegorz Ociepka and improvisers — cymbalist Marta...

"Alla Polacca" –The first Polish CD with music for guitar and harp duo

"Alla Polacca" is the title of the first Polish album containing Polish music for the guitar-harp duo. The pieces on the album were recorded by the unique ACh Duo, formed by guitarist Aleksander Pankowski vel Jankowski, a graduate of the Karol...

"Altotronica" – a deconstruction of the viola’s acoustic DNA

The latest album by Krzysztof Komendarek-Tymendorf, professor at the Academy of Music, Altotronica (CRC 4173), is not merely a collection of pieces—it is an artistic manifesto, a sound laboratory, and a bold attempt to redefine the relationship between...

"Antiphona" by Adam Bałdych - premiere

New composition by Adam Bałdych will be premiered by New Music Orchestra, Syrian vocalist Dima Orsho and the composer himself under the baton of Szymon Bywalec on December 18, 2016 at the Concert Hall of the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra in...

"Art institutions in the new reality – ask an expert a question"

The Institute of Music and Dance and Zbigniew Raszewski Theatre Institute invite you on 8 June 2020 to a conference "Art institutions in the new reality – ask an expert a question". The exact hour of the meeting will be announced shortly. The...

"ĄsąBąble" in Hashtag Lab: "Buzzing and Ringing Flowers"

The final performative concerts featuring new music for families with children aged 5–7 before the summer holidays will take place on the terrace of Hashtag Lab on June 15, 2025, at 10:30 AM and 12:00 PM. The creative activity titled "Buzzing and...

"Ąsąbąble" in Hashtag Lab: Ciōciō

Performative concerts for families with children aged 5–7 will take place at Hashtag Lab on April 27, 2025, at 11:00 AM and 1:00 PM. This time, the audience, together with the musicians of Hashtag Ensemble, will immerse themselves in sounds evoking the...

"Ąsąbąble" in Hashtag Lab: Piosenniczek

Spring performance concerts for families with children aged 3–7 will take place as part of the "Ąsąbąble" cycle, organized by Hashtag Lab, on March 23, 2025, at 11:00 AM and 1:00 PM. The theme of this concert-game will be spring awakening, so children...

"ĄsąBąble" in Hashtag Lab: Smyki i pierniki ("Strings and gingerbread")

After Saint Nicholas' Day, on December 7, 2024, at 11:00 AM and 1:00 PM, Hashtag Lab invites you to a Christmas concert from the "ĄsąBąble" series for children aged 3-7 years, along with their parents. Performed by the Hashtag Ensemble, the concert...